When he got into the limo, nicknamed “The Beast”, he was told they would not go to the Capitol.
When he got into the limo, nicknamed “The Beast”, he was told they would not go to the Capitol.
An angry Donald Trump tries to hold the steering wheel of a Secret Service limousine when the then-president was told he would not attend supporters heading to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, a former aide testified on Tuesday.
Speaking to the House of Representatives committee probing the January 6 attack, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson described Trump’s actions after ending a speech in the ellipses outside the White House where he urged supporters to march on the Capitol. encouraged to.
Trump wanted to join protesters in the seat of government where lawmakers are meeting to testify to Democrat Joe Biden’s victory over Republican Trump in the 2020 election, she said.
“I’m an influential president, now take me to the Capitol,” Hutchinson told Secret Service agents, quoting Trump.
When he got into the limo, nicknamed “The Beast”, he was told they would not go to the Capitol.
A Secret Service agent had to physically restrain Trump, who was seated in the back seat, using his free hand to reach the neck of Secret Service agent Robert Engel, Hutchinson testified.
“Mr. Trump then used his open hand towards Bobby Engel,” she testified.
Trump denied his account in a social media post. He said he never tried to hold the steering wheel.
“His fake story that I tried to grab the steering wheel of a White House limousine to drive it to the Capitol building is ‘sick’ and a hoax,” he wrote on his Truth Social account.
He also denied Hutchinson’s claim that he had thrown food and plates at the White House on several occasions.